The data also reveals a significant gender disparity, with 23.7% of men consuming tobacco compared to only 0.9% of women.
But in making smoking illegal, the government is criminalizing dependence
Nicotine per se doesn't cause cancer, it is the poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the smoke (produced when a cigarette is lit) that is carcinogenic and stimulates other carcinogenic reactions," comments P K Julka, professor, department of radiology and oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
Moreover, both negative values of reaction enthalpy (H, 100 kJ/mol) and entropy change (S, 200.3 J/molK) indicated that the dominate interaction force between SPc and LNT was hydrogen bonding
Not surprisingly, Ive been on a cycle the past year or two where I bounce back and forth between smoking too much and too little. In response, one might say, just find the sweet spot, but trust me, much easier said than done